Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82c3f27fa7ab60bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 08:57:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c1cc2e37d338ed76fc121fb14ec6f054 SHA-1: 8b3354b067ae18d8a37b6f6ee68b4c317f155a71 SHA-256: 82c3f27fa7ab60bde35611486237dd46ba6ae886ef102761dcc1cde146396bca
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, indicating it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or facilitate phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be non-readable content generated by wkhtmltopdf, providing no direct user-facing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611cc4d4e9904---90628891904.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://iqlacpro.vn/emotive/upload/files/weweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d44c132f351968db78916f0528f7243/63600127274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parbatsamajjapan.com/img/files/files/44243040789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lateonsettay-sachs.org/userfiles/file/pokimazafokug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divapharma.com/uploaded/file/runajevoniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aihr-iadh.org/uploads/FCK_files/file/75717961533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharajohnscreek.com/sites/default/files/file/ragiwimuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf9b7e40650---32726182960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d386b89bbb---41780121794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27di2du6hapsjve04tsbvlpsr5/kalejuziget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suamanhinhlcd.net/userfiles/file/mujeseluxelenabasigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b976523880---58613009855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f38e798174a98de477e25be390319ff4/zitozazarusazifusewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legouic-peinture.fr/userfiles/file/luver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ldfuh0o8p4910td699s1603bn6/pijoletopugofazupaseso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aiejn7tscbktbiv4kmod4elpgn/seliduzebinipus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turismopontevedra.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juriwixafutakisimixab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aprendanow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca84e8e4b5fe18e50ce2e7b97112f94a/luwemuxaregesulomiwodixem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimdaiphatsteel.com/Images_upload/files/kawaselatiwexusopidorevaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivescuolaguida.it/userfiles/files/35570738861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160920d37ba456---kokajunopekekuren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tablica-nieruchomosci.pl/uploades/fckeditorfile/61077563908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b71a3e22eec6d2857092b73c269e309/mavezatit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=wireless+communication+networks+and+systems+cory+beard+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e2aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2AA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fac1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAC1 11308 bytes
SHA-256: 033a85246d3c19b33373f0ac9806fae9a8360bb91ce7de34b13ce1a07ff879f5
font_02_sfnt_off00011534.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11534 18060 bytes
SHA-256: a7523f6b8d0c9ae51f8ce8707b685c8707c8b7d536c030685a7f9e82c876ca30